I have deer all around my hunting shack at the edge of the woods every evening... Been wondering how to push them away for me to get out of there myself. One evening I did a loud snort weeze and ran them all off. I don't really want to do that now. Seems like they don't care what I do after dark anyways though.. They run when I leave but don't make any noise and come straight back and are on cam 30 minutes later. They do stare at my shack a lot now though but they cant see me. In a stand I think that could be a problem like ya say..